Dan Maguire, Candidate for Yolo County Superior Court Judge 2012
Presentation and talk before the PBE on March 21, 2012

Judge Dan Maguire was the first speaker. He talked about the duties of
a Yolo Superior Court Judge. Judge Maguire is a civil law judge. They
cover environmental cases, civil litigation cases, restraining orders,
and other non-criminal, non-juvenile cases. There is one civil law
judge, 2 juvenile courts judges and the rest are criminal court judges.
The civil court is located in the Weissman Building near the corner of
East and Main Street, next to the railroad tracks. The other nearest
land mark is Jack in the Box. There is a election this year, because
the seat for judge is being contested. The election is on June 5, 2012.

Judge Maguire believes that the most important quality that a judge must
possess is wisdom. His courtroom philosophy is to treat everyone in the
courtroom fairly and with respect, approach each case with complete
impartiality, and apply the law in every instance without hesitation.

Judge Maguire was born and raised in Denver, Colorado. He attended
Stanford University, and graduated in 1989 with honors. After Stanford,
he attended Harvard Law School, graduating with honors in 1992. He then
worked for Federal Judge Andrew Kleinfeld of the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Ninth Circuit, preparing draft decisions on a wide variety of
criminal and civil cases.

Judge Maguire began practicing law in his hometown of Denver, handling
civil cases for the law firm of Holme Roberts & Owen LLP. He was part
of a team that won and collected a $125 million judgment in a business
fraud case, one of the largest in the state’s history. Also, through his
work at Holme Roberts & Owen, Judge Maguire worked as an attorney for
the City of Lafayette, prosecuting more than 30 criminal cases to judgment.

Judge Maguire married a Californian in Denver and through his wife's
urging, returned to California and began working in the Sacramento
office of the international law firm of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
LLP. He moved to Davis, CA in 1999. In 2001, he opened his own law
practice in Yolo County, focusing on intellectual property law
(especially patents) and civil litigation. He served as President of
the Yolo County Bar Association. Judge Maquire during this time,
started teaching a course on intellectual property law at UC Davis
School of Law, King Hall, and has been doing this for a number of years.
He has received awards from the University for outstanding service.

In 2005, Judge Maguire gave up his private law practice to work for the
Governor of the State of California as a Deputy Legal Affairs Secretary,
a position he held until his appointment to the bench in 2010. Judge
Maguire advised the Governor and his staff on critical legal issues,
including legal challenges to budget reductions, education reform, and
the proposal for a convention to re-write California’s Constitution.

Because of his experience at clerking for a Federal Judge, Judge Maguire
decided to apply for the opening Judge seat in Yolo County, when working
for the Governor. This is a grueling process that takes several years.
He had to list all of his cases and all of the attorneys that he
litigated against and worked with on cases. There were hundreds of
lawyers on his list. Since a judge has no person above him and has no
"boss," character is the most important quality or characteristic they
look at in choosing a judge.

Judge Maguire has been on the job now for a year and a half. He says
that the most telling evidence for the job that he is doing are the
opinions of people that have been in his courtroom. He closed by
stating that he loves the job of judge and he is glad to have the
opportunity to meet people during this election cycle.